How do you avoid being sued?
Join Investigative Reporters and Editors for a practical discussion on the legal issues you as a print or broadcast journalist need to know about.

Hosted by and

Our speakers will discuss:

new legal attacks on the newsgathering process (trespassing, etc.)
libel law - what’s new and important
the Giuliani administration’s public access record: is it more akin to communist China or communist Burma

Both speakers bring years of successful litigation experience in all areas of communication and
libel law. They are:

Eve Burton is the VP and Assistant General Counsel for the New York Daily News.
She has also represented Time-Warner and Reuters.

Dean Ringel is a partner at Cahill, Gordon and Reindel, and has represented the NBC, New York Times, Time Magazine, Inside Edition and other print and broadcast news organizations.

When: January 15^th

Where: King World Studios, 402 E. 76^th Street, New York, NY (on 76^th
between 1^st Avenue and York)

Join us before the meeting for FREE pizza and soda starting at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. Let me repeat that: FREE. All IRE meetings are FREE and open to IRE members and non-members alike who are practicing, retired, or student reporters, producers or editors. Admission is limited to 90 people. Please rsvp Drew Sullivan at 212-621-7639 or drew@ap.org